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From: Geological Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Neal Marriott
Sent: 17 May 2007 09:19
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Free access to Lyell Collection until 18th June



Dear colleague

 

WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING

 

The Geological Society of London is delighted to mark the official
launch of their digitised archive - the Lyell Collection - with four
weeks of free library access. 

 

The Lyell Collection provides access to some 14,000 articles and 230,000
pages from the Society's current and archival content. The content
covered by the Collection stretches back to the mid 1800s and includes
work by some of the greatest scientific thinkers of their time, such as
Charles Darwin, Adam Sedgwick, Roderick Murchison, William Buckland,
Andrew Ramsay and Charles Lyell - after whom the Collection is named.

 

A subscription to the Lyell Collection includes access to current
content and full-text back archives to: Journal of the Geological
Society (JGS), Quarterly Journal of Engineering, Geology and
Hydrogeology (QJEGH), the Geological Society's prestigious Special
Publications and Memoir book series. New content - around 10,000 pages
each year - will be added as new journal issues, Special Publications
volumes or key books are published. For 2008, subscribers to the Lyell
Collection will receive a free print copy of all books and journals
published during the subscription year

 

From 2008 onwards, those libraries that only wish to subscribe to
individual titles from within the Collection (JGS, QJEGH or the Special
Publications) will be able to choose from a 'Current' option (current
year and previous four years) or 'Plus' option (current year and full
available archive). For the remainder of 2007, those libraries which
already have a subscription to publications from the Geological Society
of London will receive access to the 'Plus' version for the remainder of
the year.

 

The Lyell Collection is hosted by Stanford University's HighWire Press
and can be accessed at: www.lyellcollection.org. Free access is
available until the 18th June. The first full subscription year begins
in January 2008, but libraries subscribing for 2008 from 18th June
onwards will be given electronic access from September 2007. Libraries
may apply for an extended trial period by emailing [log in to unmask]

 

Details of prices and further information on how to order can be found
at: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/null/lang/en/page326.html

 

Please note: during the summer 2007 the Geological Society's current
hosting arrangements for the Journal of the Geological Society and
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology will cease.
Libraries will be required to register with our new host - HighWire
Press. 

 

We hope you enjoy this free trial period. For further information or to
request a quotation please send an email to: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> , or email me directly at
the address below.

 

With best wishes

 

 

 

Neal Marriott

Neal Marriott
Director of Publishing, The Geological Society
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